HILLSDALE — A Jerome woman has been accused of accosting a minor through a chat on Facebook.

Deena Marie Moore, 37, of Jerome was arraigned in Hillsdale County District Court on Monday for one count of accosting a child for immoral purposes, one count of Internet communication with another to commit a crime and one count of using a computer to commit a crime.

Moore is accused of chatting with the minor on the popular social media website and including numerous passages that were sexual in nature. According to Prosecutor Neal Brady, someone discovered the chat history and alerted the minor’s parents, who then contacted the authorities.

“I think it was a complete surprise to everyone that the communication was going on,” Brady said.

Moore admitted to chatting with the minor, but told authorities that she was just joking around and she never intended for it to be taken seriously. According to the report the minor was cooperating in the chat.

Bond was set at $110,000 and a no contact order with the minor was issued. Moore will appear in district court again on Feb. 20.

If convicted, Moore faces up to seven years in prison on the charge of using a computer to commit a crime. Because the crime committed has a penalty of up to four years, it increases the penalty for using a computer to commit a crime.